The UK “database of all UK literary agents, their agencies and publishers” Agent Hunter has released research, summarized in the form of the infographic included here, on the state of the UK agenting environment that has already attracted complaints and objections. As quoted by The Bookseller, the president of the Association of Authors Agents, Sam Edenborough, has protested that Agent Hunter is making “shrill criticisms.”

Agent Hunter’s claim is that “We’ve taken the massive amount of data on our site and produced the first ever comprehensive analysis of Planet Agent.” The negative comments in the analysis focus on the exclusivity, lack of transparency, and elitism supposedly projected by typical agents.

“Don’t forget to share this graphic as widely as you can: we think it matters,” urges Agent Hunter. Judge for yourselves…

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